Spring Training 2021: Dominant Dodgers, Upstart Padres, and Everybody Else

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🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

MLB spring training is upon us! After a long offseason of big trades and bigger contracts being signed, baseball has finally returned. The defending World Series champion Dodgers bolstered their already deep rotation by signing Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer, but the biggest threat to their potential dynasty might be 122 miles down the 5 Freeway. The Padres locked up Fernando Tatis for the next 14 years in addition to adding Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, and Blake Snell to their pitching rotation. In the American League, the Yankees are poised to finally get over the hump…if they can stay healthy. Jeff Passan joins us to break down everything we need to know about spring training. Then, Pablo reflects on Naomi Osaka’s speaking against violence toward Asian-Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	See, last season doesn't matter anymore.
0:02.5	Come April, what matters is this team, this group of players, this group of fans, and the name
0:07.8	across our chests.
0:10.2	This season is about making sure history remembers us as we wish to be remembered.
0:14.6	This season is about adding to our legacy.
0:18.0	And I can't wait, Dodger fans.
0:22.1	Spring is here, or at least spring training is, along with all the ritualistic warmth and hope
0:30.2	that brings.
0:31.4	The hope that a polarizing pitcher like Trevor Bauer, who you just heard, was a wise acquisition, and the hope that someone,
0:39.9	anyone really, can compete with those defending champion Dodgers. Today, Jeff Passen joins us
0:47.2	en route to the Cactus League to distinguish delusion from reality and to welcome you back
0:54.0	to the game.
0:56.4	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, February 22nd. This is ESPN Daily.
1:07.0	Jeff Passing, we're talking to you before you got on a plane somewhere. Where are you headed?
1:12.0	I'm going to Phoenix, aka Fernando Tatis Land.
1:17.4	Jeff Passon is an MLB insider and also the Weird Al of ESPN.
1:23.4	You know, it's officially going to feel like spring training.
1:26.8	I know pitchers and catchers have reported we're going to have full squad action this week for
1:32.3	the first time.
1:33.4	And a week from today, I believe actual baseball games begin.
1:38.6	We will get to Tatis and I presume the billboard that has been constructed in his honor
1:42.8	in Phoenix in a little bit.
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